Max von Hausen

Max von Hausen (17 December 1846-19 March 1922) was a Colonel-General of the Imperial German Army and the Minister of War of Saxony under the German Empire.

Biography
Max von Hausen was born on 17 December 1846 in Dresden, Saxony to a military family, and he fought against Prussia at Koniggratz during the 1866 Austro-Prussian War. From 1871 to 1874, he taught at the Prussian military academy in Berlin before serving on the general staff of the Imperial German Army, and he served as Minister of War of Saxony from 1902 to 1914. In 1910, he was promoted to Colonel-General, and he became commander of an army during the fighting on the frontier with France. He gave up his command after the First Battle of the Marne, as he fell ill; Karl von Einem replaced him as commander. He died in Dresden in 1922 at the age of 75.